Profile: Delabar wields a 95 mph fastball and a deadly splitter, which combine to give him a career 12.21 strikeout rate. The pitch that’s been holding him back is his slider, which he can’t control and causes him to rely too much on his fastball against righties. This leaves him with a severe opposite platoon split and prevents him from being a strong closer candidate despite an opportunity in Toronto. Keep an eye on Delabar in the early months; if he can fix his slider and get his home run rate down, it’s easy to envision him as a upper-level closer. (Patrick Dubuque)

The Quick Opinion: Steve Delabar has the stuff to close, and he also has the stuff to give up walk-off home runs.

Profile: Former substitute teacher Steve Delabar did not have trouble striking people out when the Mariners first brought him up. His problems had to do with his walk rate and an affinity for the long ball. His homer-itis is probably why the Mariners were willing to trade him to Toronto for Eric Thames in 2012. Strangely, moving from Safeco to the Rogers Centre seemed to almost immediately "cure" his problems with the home run in 2012, and this continued in 2013. Delabar had a great 2013 -- he still walked a lot of hitters, but he also had an extremely high strikeout rate and the ball stayed in the park. If Delabar was unlucky in Seattle, he is probably getting a bit lucky in Toronto. Boringly, his true talent likely lies somewhere in between. Delabar has attributes associated with some of the best relievers: questionable control that is more than balanced by a tremendous strikeout rate and a repertoire (fastball and splitter, with more sliders to righties) that makes him effective versus southpaws as well as same-siders. Still, Delabar isn't quite elite. While home run per fly ball rate varies quite widely (and thus is difficult to pin down with respect to true talent), fly ball rate is pretty clear a skill, and Delabar is a a pretty extreme fly ball pitcher. His home run problems could appear again. Still, he is still a very good setup man, and should probably be drafted in all but the shallowest AL-only leagues. If something happens to closer Casey Janssen, Delabar will likely get some saves. (Matt Klaassen)

The Quick Opinion: A few years ago, Steve Delbar was a substitute teacher. Now he is one of the better setup men in the American League. Worth a pick in most AL-only leagues.

Profile: Like many of the other relievers who had surprisingly good seasons in 2013 for the Blue Jays, in 2014 former substitute teacher Steve Delabar regressed. Oh boy did he ever regress. He had only two more strikeouts than walks in the majors, and spent about half the season at Triple-A. It was a serious disappointment after he dominated hitters in 2013 to the extent that he was considered to be in line for saves behind Casey Janssen going into the last season. His fastball velocity did dip a bit, but that was far from the only problem. Basically, Delabar is a cautionary tale about taking one year of reliever dominance too seriously. Keep an eye on him during the season for waiver purposes in case he seems to be regaining his 2013 form, but he can be safely ignored on draft day. (Matt Klaassen)

The Quick Opinion: Substitute teacher, 2013 strikeout machine, 2014 disaster: the many faces of Steve Delabar. None of the faces add up to a fantasy draft pick in 2015.

Profile: Former substitute teacher Steve Delabar was a nice story back in 2012 and 2013. Basically, he racked up crazy amounts of strikeouts, making him a useful reliever despite iffy control. In 2014, things fell apart in a big way. The strikeout rate of over 30% dropped under 20%, and his control, never good, turned terrible (almost a 17% walk rate). Delabar thus finished 2014 with almost a five ERA despite getting pretty lucky with a .235 batting average on balls in play. He spent about half the season in Triple-A. It was just one season, though, and Delabar and the Blue Jays naturally hoped for a return to form in 2015. He was better in many ways in 2015 -- the strikeout rate went back up to 23%, but though is walk rate also improved, it was still a poor 11%. That is not great, especially without a 30% strikeout rate to make up for it. Delabar probably was a bit unlucky on fly balls, but that was only a small part of the problem. Once again, he spent the season split between the majors and minors. Hard-throwing righties have their uses, and, surprisingly, for his career Delabar does not have much a platoon split. But at 32, there is not really upside, and it is far from clear whether Delbar will even make the Opening Day roster. You know what that means for Fantasy Draft Day. (Matt Klaassen)

The Quick Opinion: Steve Delabar was a nice story a couple of years ago, but after two straight seasons of poor major league performance and demotions, his fantasy value is pretty much nil.

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